snub
noun/snʌb/
/snʌb/
- snub (to somebody) an action or a comment that is deliberately rude in order to show somebody that you do not like or respect them synonym insult
- Her refusal to attend the dinner is being seen as a deliberate snub to the president.
Extra Examples- It was never intended as a snub.
- Some are suggesting that it was a snub by the French.
- The deal amounts to something of a snub for the rival online music company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deliberate
- apparent
- embarrassing
- …
- deliver somebody
- receive
- interpret something as
- …
- as a snub
- snub by
- snub for
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th cent.Want to learn more?
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